San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
September 8, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1982 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 1, Houston Astros 8

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0
  McGaffigan p 0 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 0 2 0
  O'Malley 3b 0 0 0 0
Smith 1b 2 0 1 1
  Bergman 1b 1 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
  Pruitt rf 0 0 0 0
Leonard lf 4 0 1 0
May c 3 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 4 0 3 0
Hammaker p 2 0 0 0
  Fowlkes p 0 0 0 0
  Venable ph 1 0 0 0
  Wellman 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 5 0 1 0
Thon ss 4 1 1 0
Knight 1b 4 0 0 0
  Spilman 1b 0 0 0 0
Garner 3b 2 2 1 0
  Reynolds pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 1 1 1
  Loucks cf 0 0 0 0
Bass cf,lf 4 1 1 1
Doran 2b 3 2 2 2
Pujols c 4 1 1 0
Niekro p 3 0 1 3
Totals 33 8 9 7
San Francisco 000 001 000183
Houston 010 016 00x890
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hammaker  L (9-8) 5.1 7 7 5 2 3
  Fowlkes   0.2 1 1 0 1 0
  McGaffigan   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
8
5
3
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (14-10) 9.0 8 1 1 2 7
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
7

  E–Morgan (8), Bergman (4), LeMaster (18).  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Pujols (18).  2B–San Francisco Clark (23,off Niekro); Morgan (18,off Niekro), Houston Doran (1,off Hammaker); Thon (27,off Hammaker); Puhl (15,off McGaffigan).  SF–Smith (3,off Niekro); Niekro (1,off Hammaker).  HBP–Garner (3,by McGaffigan).  IBB–Garner (2,by Hammaker).  SB–Hammaker (1,2nd base off Niekro/Pujols).  CS–Garner (11,2nd base by Hammaker/May).  WP–Hammaker (2).  HBP–McGaffigan (1,Garner).  IBB–Hammaker (7,Garner).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:43.  A–9,880.
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